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Dan
@danstudies.bsky.social
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New acc for serious shit. IR and Public Policy undergrad, focus on East Asia and NatSec. 22, 🇺🇸, DE
Interests: East Asian politics, diplomacy, defense policy, maritime security, security studies, beer
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Dan @danstudies.bsky.social · Dec 10
Just as a note, my retweets are not endorsements, often it's just to save posts or threads I'd like to read for later since bsky lacks a bookmark or save feature atm
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bringatrailer.bsky.social
1945 Cadillac M19A1 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage
1945 Cadillac M19A1 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage
Bid for the chance to own a 1945 Cadillac M19A1 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #225,494.
bringatrailer.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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starshine.bsky.social
like the republican campaign said she fucked her way to the top and she allowed immigrants to devour peoples pets and we’re debating whether she overused the phrase birthing person in her stump speech quoting angela davis, a thing that never happened
unavaleable.bsky.social Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · Aug 24
its genuinely insane the extent to which Kamala Harris's actual campaign is forgotten
sharonk.bsky.social Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Aug 24
what the fuck are you talking about you actual wanker
August 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social
Here, I wrote about how Trump's use of the National Guard and active duty military in American cities isn't primarily a problem of civil-military relations.

othermeans.io/p/huntington...
Huntington Won't Save Us
This isn't a Problem of Civil-Military Relations
othermeans.io
August 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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manishakrishnan.bsky.social
A wonderful piece of writing in which Richard Warnica spoke to a senior ex-NASA engineer about the grief surrounding Trump's cuts to the agency and what it means for our capacity to wonder and look beyond ourselves. "Like witnessing a death of an ideal.”

www.wired.com/story/the-de...
The Destruction of NASA Would Be a Blow to Our Collective Imagination
As NASA grapples with major proposed budget cuts and losing some of its most brilliant minds, America’s willingness to look outward is also at risk.
www.wired.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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jacobtlevy.bsky.social
cryptonews.com/news/wyoming...

Article 1 section 10
"No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debt..."
Wyoming Launches First State-Issued Stablecoin
Wyoming has launched FRNT, the first U.S. state-backed stablecoin, fully collateralized with cash and Treasuries for digital transactions.
cryptonews.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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jamellebouie.net
from chandra manning's wonderful book "what this cruel war was over"
Nothing made slavery’s toxicity more obvious to Union troops than its effect on the fundamental unit of society, the family. For one thing, slave sales separated families. In the Upper South, where many Union soldiers were stationed in 1861, about one in three first marriages was broken by sale, and about half of all slave children were separated from at least one parent. 129 With their own eyes, soldiers saw slavery snap bonds between parents and children. The men of the Seventh Wisconsin were awakened by gunshots one November night. The following day, soldiers “learned, and saw the cause of the alarm in the form of two negro women—a mother and a daughter.” The pair had fled to Union lines to avoid the proposed sale of the “goodlooking” daughter into the so-called fancy trade, which soldiers viewed as a form of concubinage. Outraged by the plight and moved by the vulnerability of the mother and daughter, “every private in the ranks” cursed “that system which tramples on the honor of man, and makes merchandise of the virtue of women,” according to one member of the regiment. 130 When an Iowan encountered a young child about to be sold by her own father, who was also her master, he vowed, “By G–d I’ll fight till hell freezes over and then I’ll cut the ice and fight on.” 131
August 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
overheard in the discord
July 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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sodrock.bsky.social
Here's an interesting one if you're a sicko
Megacities and Urban Warfare in the 21st Century: The City as the Cemetery of Revolutionaries and Resources
By José de Arimatéia da Cruz Ph.D./MPH, Published on 10/01/23
digitalcommons.usf.edu
June 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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sodrock.bsky.social
American Bushido has locked the U.S. military into a futile chase for an unworkable force structure wholly unprepared for a conflict with a “near peer competitor,” supercharged by the cult of lethality and VC-backed defense bros pushing AI and drones as one-size-fits-all solutions. Part II ⬇️
May 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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ositanwanevu.com
Does Barro think labor unions in New York City were weaker in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s when the city was building things more easily? Is that the argument?
henryburke.bsky.social Henry Burke @henryburke.bsky.social · Jun 4
Josh Barro: "When I look at policies in New York that stand in the way of Abundance, very often if you look under the hood, you eventually find a labor union at the end that's the driver"
June 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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angierasmussen.bsky.social
I wrote a new thing about Bobby Kennedy's crusade against vaccines in the context of H5N1. He trashed Moderna, and if there's a pandemic, he'll cash in on that decision.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/great-week...
Great Week for Pandemic Flu Enthusiasts
If you're feeling nostalgic for 2020, don't worry. The next pandemic will be bigger than COVID.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com
May 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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nickkristof.bsky.social
SecState Rubio claims that no on has died because of USAID cuts and suggested that I had lied in my reporting. So here I show him photos of specific children who have died because of the Trump administration's reckless cancelation of aid: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/o...
May 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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zachota.bsky.social
Every Marine (and our allies and joint partners) in the Indo-Pacific should read this: the Pacific Marines Strategy 2025.

news.usni.org/2025/05/30/p...
Pacific Marines Strategy 2025 - USNI News
The following is the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific document: Pacific Marine Strategy 2025. From the report The Purpose The U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC) Strategy is the Commander o...
news.usni.org
May 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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timmathews.bsky.social
Tech bros: “Move fast and break things!”
Observers: “Why are you breaking things? Now 300,000 people are dead.”
Tech bros:
A screen shot of Elon Musk’s post on X, stating “Did my best.” This occurred as he reportedly stepped down from DOGE after he spent 5 months firing essential workers who had to be re-hired or replaced, firing others without replacement for no valid governmental purpose, lied about canceling contracts that were either not canceled or were already scheduled to expire, cut off food and medical aid to impoverished people in Africa who have life threatening diseases (likely causing 300k deaths), and employing unqualified kids who were security risks to conduct tasks that were patently unlawful and put critical infrastructure and sensitive personal data at risk.
May 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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michellegoldberg.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
May 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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dinfontay.com
Deschutes’ white-ish label lager for Costco is outrageously good for the price ($14.99 for a 12pk). Really improves the math on filling a cooler for a cookout.
Can of Deschutes Lager
May 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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owasow.bsky.social
In 1963, Bernard Cohen wrote the press may not tell people what to think, but it does tell them what to think *about*.

Similarly, in 1960s protests and media made civil rights salient.

All to say, politicians may struggle to shape mass opinion, but they can influence which issues are salient.
Line graph titled "Public opinion on the 'Most Important Problem,' 1950 to 1979." The y-axis shows the percentage of respondents citing a given issue as the most important problem, ranging from 0% to over 60%. The x-axis spans years 1950 to 1980, with vertical dashed lines marking presidential elections from 1960 to 1972. Four colored lines represent different issue categories: Foreign Affairs (f): Dark blue line, dominant until mid-1960s, peaks around 1965, then declines steadily. Economy (e): Yellow-green line, declines from 30% in 1950s to below 20% in 1960s, then spikes dramatically around 1974 to over 60%. Civil Rights (c): Purple line, nearly flat at low levels until a sharp peak around 1963–1965, then falls sharply. Social Control (s): Teal line, low and flat until a sharp rise in late 1960s, peaking around 1970–1972. Two red arrows highlight peaks: one for "civil rights" around 1963–1965, and one for "social control" around 1970–1972. Scatterplot points with letters ("f", "e", "c", "s") show individual data points used to estimate trend lines. Source: Omar Wasow (@owasow), with URL to research: http://j.mp/agenda-seeding
May 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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nathankfinney.com
Highly recommend these great writers.

Please let me know if you write on military affairs and I’ll add you to the list!

go.bsky.app/7Ct4H4c
May 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
An actual tragedy is playing out in real time on the pages of the Telegraph.

If you are the praying kind then please pray for them.
'We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can't go on five holidays' Labour's VAT raid forces six-figure families to make lifestyle sacrifices
May 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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met4cast.net
This is phenomenal.

Sea surface temperatures are >5C above average to the west of the UK and around Iceland. It's the strongest area of anomalous warmth on the planet at the moment.

It's the warmest in recorded history for northwest Europe.
May 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social
>people stopped drinking in 2016 and became teetotaling nerds

I have a revolutionary new theory of how everything went wrong if people are willing to hear me out
adamtooze.bsky.social Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social · May 7
Humanity has quietly passed a remarkable milestone: Alcohol consumption is declining, a turning point in a habit at least as old as civilization itself. This unnoticed shift suggests other long-standing habits (from smoking to red meat consumption) could potentially fade just as effortlessly.
May 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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whstancil.bsky.social
This post is the closest I’ve gotten to being able to put together a master theory for Why This Is All Happening: why Trump could get elected, why Biden never got any credit, and why certain stuff never seems to break through open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...
April 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM